When you purchase content from the Kindle Store it is linked to your Amazon.com account, rather than a specific device. Your library of e-books is stored in your online Kindle library, and any library content not present on your Kindle is displayed in the device's "Archived Items" section. This content can then be retrieved at any time, as long as your Kindle is connected to the Internet. The archive can be useful for retrieving deleted e-books, but also for showing other users on the same Amazon.com account what is available to download from the library.

Turn your Kindle on and press the "Home" button to display the device's current list of content.

Scroll through the list of e-books, documents and collections using the 5-way controller and page-turn buttons, and select "Archived Items."

Select the e-book or personal document you want to retrieve from your Amazon.com library using the 5-way controller. The content is retrieved and downloaded to your Kindle.

Tips

There is no cost attached to retrieving Kindle content from your Amazon.com library.

You can delete and retrieve e-books and documents as many times as you like.

The content in the "Archived Items" section isn't stored on your Kindle, so it does not take up any room in the device's storage space.

Archiving can be switched off by visiting the "Personal Document Settings" section of the "Manage Your Kindle" page in your Amazon.com account. Archiving is switched on by default.

About the Author

Spanner Spencer has been writing since 2005 for a variety of print and online publications. Focusing on entertainment, gaming and technology, his work has been published by Eurogamer.net, "The Escapist," "GamesTM," "Retro Gamer," "Empire," "Total PC Gaming" "The Guardian," among others. Spencer is a qualified medical electronics engineer with a Business and Technology Education Council certificate in technical writing from Huddersfield Technical College.